Thread: Exchanging Currency
+
Submit Report
Results 136 to 150 of 2043
-
07-06-16 21:37 #1908
Posts: 1043Originally Posted by HappyGoLucky [View Original Post]
-
07-06-16 16:01 #1907
Posts: 9Bringing money or exchange once there
Hello,
I am comming to Buenos Aires on 21st of July and I expect to sepnd quite some time there (going to teach English), and I wanted to ask you about the situation in Argentina right now. I have Canadian account where I have most of my savings, so I wanted to know, whether it is ok to just come there with my card and echange money there, or if I should exchange some USD beforehand. I intend to stay there at least half year. Thank you.
-
07-06-16 16:00 #1906
Posts: 291Santander
Today I tried exchanging dollars at Santander on Santa Fe at Esmeralda and they told me I had to be a client.
Originally Posted by Moore [View Original Post]
-
07-05-16 19:07 #1905
Posts: 1043I've had to go to the bank (Santander) a few times this week. While there I changed a couple hundred (got 15.05).
You take a ticket, and the wait is 45 minutes minimum.
So I saved about $5 on $200 compared to the cueva rate. Certainly not worth the time, next time I'll go the cueva and change instantly.
Not that I'll be changing much. So far on this trip pretty much every restaurant, bar and store accepts my credit card.
-
07-05-16 15:57 #1904
Posts: 911Originally Posted by HappyGoLucky [View Original Post]
-
07-05-16 14:47 #1903
Posts: 291Exchanging Dollars
Hey Thomaso,
Which bank did you try? I tried Citibank and they said I had to be a client with an account to exchange dollars.
Originally Posted by Thomaso276 [View Original Post]
-
07-01-16 14:29 #1902
Posts: 995First time
Changed today and got 14.85.
5 minutes later got 14.93 paying a bill with credit card.
Official rate still better than blue.
-
07-01-16 13:55 #1901
Posts: 3510Actually, at least in my case, both Schwab and E-Trade refund the fee much sooner than that. With E-Trade it happens immediately, as in I go to the ATM and five seconds later I see both the withdrawal and the rebate of the ATM fee. With Schwab, I don't see either the withdrawal or the rebate until the morning of the next business day.
-
07-01-16 10:31 #1900
Posts: 13Originally Posted by Rocky2 [View Original Post]
Will go ahead with a Schwab account, just checked their web page, it looks easy to open an account with them.
BR!
-
07-01-16 01:14 #1899
Posts: 101Of course.
Originally Posted by Diegoccs [View Original Post]
-
06-30-16 21:54 #1898
Posts: 995Cambio
The blue has been below the official for 3 days. Take your passport & money to a bank for a better rate at this time. http://www.ambito.com/.
-
06-30-16 10:50 #1897
Posts: 13ATM fees
Out of curiosity, checked my Chase account. For my accounts there is no ATM fees, domestic or international.
But I see the charge for $AR1500 is for $106.77, just that, no extra fees or charges.
The Banco Nacion ATM gives a message that I will be charged around $AR90 (Around $6) when getting money. Is anybody getting this $6 charge also? Could it be just Banco Nacion... Or Cirrus Network?
-
06-29-16 14:24 #1896
Posts: 577Schwab has everything
Originally Posted by Dickhead [View Original Post]
Tres3.
-
06-29-16 13:38 #1895
Posts: 3510Originally Posted by Diegoccs [View Original Post]
-
06-29-16 11:06 #1894
Posts: 13ATM exchange rate with fees
Got some cash at Banco Nacion ATM yesterday, with the infamous $6 fee by the local bank.
For $AR1500, using a Chase debit card, the total was $106.77, so the "ATM exchange rate" in my case was 14.04, including all fees, my bank and local bank ones.
So Benjamins are still a better option.